Across:
8 Single out (PICK- out) the French (the = -LE) (PICKLE) in hot water (in a PICKLE),
9 Pull rank (OVERRULE) in Louvre (Louvre = OV-RULE) complex (= anagram indicator) taking in symbols of the Latin queen (Elizabetha Regina = -ER-) (OVERRULE),
10 Celebrity (ICON) is charged (I-ON) over cocaine (-C-) (ICON),
11 Trump (trump/beat = TOP) goes nuts (goes BANANAS) (TOP BANANAS) with those running the organisation (TOP BANANAS),
12 Hats off to harvesters (‘hats’ off to ‘harvesters’ = rveers = SERVER) for putting out the lunch (SERVER),
14 One may have to have it out (APPENDIX) in the book (APPENDIX),
15 Realm of the couple before The Fall (THE GARDEN OF EDEN) and The Paradise (THE GARDEN OF EDEN),
18 At closing time, the drinker would like to get their hands on (LAST PINT) what the barman pulled at the end of the session (LAST PINT),
20 Wait (S-ERVE) around The Point (compass point west = -W-) (SWERVE) to change direction suddenly (SWERVE),
22 Not enough money (SHORTFALLS) for most of the briefs (most of the ‘shorts’ = SHORT-) and slips (-FALLS) (SHORTFALLS),
24 The father (the LORD) of colour-blind lion cub is missing (‘colour-blind’ without ‘lion cub’ = orld = LORD),
25 A Reuter’s (a Reuters = TREASURE) misprint (= anagram indicator) – I’d dig a hole to conceal that! (TREASURE),
26 Sued (sued = E-DUS) wrong (= anagram indicator) officer (executive officer = -XO-) involved (EXODUS) in mass emigration (EXODUS).
Down:
1 Mysterious (= anagram indicator) cleric (cleric = CIRCLE) from Ring (CIRCLE),
2 Film (SKIN) of the largest organ (SKIN),
3 Look suggestively (LE-ER) over curt (curt = -CTUR-) doctor (= anagram indicator) (LECTURER) from academic hospital perhaps (LECTURER),
4 The characters in revolutionary (= reversal indicator) Trump morality (the characters in revolutionary ‘Trump morality’ = pmor = ROMP) play (ROMP),
5 Father (REV-) and mother (Ma = -AM-) go back (= reversal indicator) to The Park (-P) (REVAMP) for a makeover (REVAMP),
6 Relative (GREAT-NIECE) ain’t (aint = -AT-NI-) out (= anagram indicator) in Mediterranean country (GRE-ECE) (GREAT-NIECE),
7 Feel a bit (feel a bit = FLEA BITE) upset (= anagram indicator) in what’s an irritable spot (FLEA BITE),
13 The type of restaurant (VEGETARIAN) review (= reversal indicator) I rate (I rate = irate = -ETARI-) welcomed by person on a strict diet (vegan = VEG-AN) (VEGETARIAN),
14 Some adult relations (some ‘adult relations’ = trela = ALERT) go back (= reversal indicator) on their toes? (ALERT),
16 Learns (hears = HEA-RS) about a fair amount of (half of) theory (half of ‘theory’ = -THE-) (HEATHERS) picked up in the garden centre (HEATHERS),
17 Is fixated on (OBSESSES) criminal (= anagram indicator) bosses (bosses = OBSESS-) joining Oriental (east = -E-) society (-S) (OBSESSES),
19 Flood (INFLUX) at home (IN-) is a winter worry (-FLU-) and a sign of the times (-X) (INFLUX),
21 In all decency (VIRTUE), sign (Victory sign = V- sign) is primarily (‘is’ primarily = -I-) not (= anagram indicator) true (true = -RTUE) (VIRTUE),
23 The dregs of the wine (LEES) for release are missing (for ‘release’ are missing/ without ‘are’ = lese = LEES),
24 Spoils (LOOT) Carmen from Monte Carlo (‘Carmen’ from ‘Monte Carlo’ = otlo = LOOT).